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The Y LbNA #40480

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:May 30, 2008
Location:
City:Provo
County:Utah
State:Utah
Boxes:1
Planted by:The Blue Julius
Found by: Moo Poo
Last found:Apr 23, 2009
Status:Faa
Last edited:May 30, 2008
This letterbox highlights beautiful Y Mountain and the amazing view of Utah Valley.

Start by driving east on 820 North from 9th East. Continue to drive through the neighborhood up the mountain to get to the Y trailhead parking lot. To get exact directions you can go to Google Maps but as long as you keep driving up toward the Y, you can find the parking lot fairly easily.

Park and enjoy the first great view of Utah valley. Go through the gate at the trailhead and start up the trail. As soon as you start the hike, count the number of wooden fences you pass on your left.

At the third wooden fence, count the number of posts in the fence. Write the number down and take a rest on the bench that overlooks the valley.

As you keep going up the cut backs (there are 9 total) you will eventually get to a fork in the trail. There is a trail that continues to climb and another that goes straight ahead. Take the trail on the left and be glad that you don’t have any more cutbacks to deal with.

After a final uphill climb you have arrived at the base of the Y.

Walk nearly to the white painted Y and then turn and look up the mountain. You will see a series of small retaining walls on the right side of the Y climbing up the mountain. You now need the number you wrote down earlier. Walk up the mountain and count the number of retaining walls.

When you get to wall that matches the number you got from the fence, ask the wall if it is the right wall. If it is, it will tell you yes (we didn’t do this to the wall, this is how we found it).

Standing in front of the talking wall, look to your right and there will be a large half-buried rock. Go to the far side of the rock and the letterbox is hidden under a smaller rock next to it. There are usually many people on the Y and be careful no one is watching as you take the box out or put it back. Make sure to put the box back and that it is completely hidden.

Place by The Blue Julius and French Lily.